HIGHLIGHTS • Corporate Brand Identity CASE STUDY: • Website Design WATERTOWER THEATRE • Direct Mail Season Brochure • Direct Mail Postcards Rainmaker Advertising has served as WaterTower Theatre’s • Digital Banner Ads agency of record for more than 20 years. We enjoy partnering • Print Advertisements with this iconic regional theatre as they promote their vital • Lobby Signage mission of opening minds with a diverse mix of plays and • 30+ Playbill Design and Fulfillment educational programs. Not only does Rainmaker assist with • Educational Brochures • Fundraising Brochures maintaining and communicating the theatre’s corporate brand • Event marketing and identity, but the agency is tasked with developing a unique • Utility Insert and exciting season subscriber campaign each year.

The 2015-2016 season campaign, Telling Stories, was introduced to their customer base with a dramatic direct mail piece that exuded colorful brand graphics and engaging photos that communicate the importance of the story-telling tradition in our society. This high-impact direct mail piece expands to reveal a huge 16” x 18” poster and calendar. To BRAND DEVELOPMENT MARKETING STRATEGY increase the shelf life of the marketing component, Rainmaker included a calendar-at-a-glance that details the show schedule and encourages recipients hang the poster for the duration of the season. DIGITAL BANNER ADS, WEB DESIGN Once the season brand imagery was established, Rainmaker communicated it throughout their website and via digital online banner ads, as well as with postcards, magazine and newspaper PRINT ADS, DIRECT MAIL, publications, utility inserts and other print media POSTCARDS, UTILITY INSERTS, pieces. Rainmaker handles all components of the INVITATIONS non-profit theatre’s marketing including strategy, design, print media and fulfillment. This includes the promotion of their annual theatre festival, fundraising events, and educational camps. welcome LOBBY SIGNAGE & INCREASED EVENT MARKETING ATTENDANCE Rainmaker has enjoyed watching the organization’s presence rise to a national level throughout our 20- year history of assisting them with their marketing strategy and production. TISH MUSSEY, Properties Design Tish Mussey is happy to be returning to WaterTower Theatre as the Props Designer for Lord of the Flies. She has workedSPONSORSPROFILES as a professional designer,PROFILES stage manager, director, and technician in the DFW theatre community for over 20 years.SAMUEL Other WaterTower CRESS, Sam credits include SexyPROFILES Laundry, Creep, Sweet Charity, Manicures & Monuments, The HENRY GREENBERG,Foreigner, Beautiful Ralph* Star, The Glass Menagerie, Violet, and Unnecessary Farce. Henry Greenberg is Samuelan actor is thrilledfrom Nashville, to be making Tennessee. his debut He at hasWaterTower recently inbeen Lord seen of the in Flies. Recent credits include Verona: A Love Story at The Public House Theatre in Chicago, Mr. Burns, KYLETour), ERIC BRADFORD,Rudolph the Red-Nosed Dramaturg Reindeer the Musical (Wishing Star Productions, Regional (Outstanding Ensemble-DFW Critics Forum) at Stage West and The Spark at WaterTower Kyle holdsWilde/Earnest a BFAKing in Lear, Theatre (Kitchen Romeo with Dog), andan emphasisErth's Juliet ,Dinosaur and in DramaturgyMuch Zoo Ado Live Aboutfrom (Red the TailNothing University Entertainment (Shakespeare of Oklahoma. Tour), Dallas), and He won the 2012 Theatre, which was performed as part of the 2015 Out of the Loop Fringe Festival (Best of LMDA YoungRegional Frankenstein Dramaturgy theAward Musical from the(The American Paramount). College He Theatregraduated Festival. from He Hardin-Simmons is a proud member of LMDA Loop 2015). Starting in late February, Henry will be studying at Second City’s Conservatory and theUniversity artistic director with a ofBFA the in Alternative Acting. He Comedyis thankful Theater. to be aPast Therapeutic dramaturgy Medical work includesClown at Sexy Cook Laundry, Creep, Program in Chicago. He received his BFA in Theatre Performance from Baylor University. PRESENTSManicuresChildren's & Monuments, Hospital. All My Sons and Full Gallop (WaterTower Theatre); and Eurydice (TCCC). WILLIAM GOLDING'S a post-electric play MATTHEW MINOR, Piggy* Matthew Minor is pleasedBRANDON to return SHREVE, to the DFW Eric area, where he was born and raised, to play a true hero likeBrandon Piggy. isSelect ecstatic stage to creditsbe making include his WaterTower“Bear” in White Theatre People debut (Ensemble in Lord of the Flies. He is Studio Theatre, originalcurrently off-Broadway a junior in cast),high school“Lexy” and in Candidahomeschooled. (Pittsburgh Regional Public and Theatre), local credits include Big “Ellard” in The ForeignerFish, The (Maltz Buddy Jupiter Holly Theatre),Story, Jekyll “Timms” and Hyde, in The The History Secret Boys Garden (Palm (Casa Beach Mañana); West Side Dramaworks), “Benjie”Story, in You Summer Can't of Take ’42 It(Casa With Mañana), You (Mainstage and “Ron Classic Miller” Theatre); in …The Lost Death in Yonkers, of Kiss Me Kate Walt Disney (AmphibianThis(Artisan Stage). Centerproduction Next Theater); he will The be Addamsseen of onscreen Family as(Plaza “Sam” Theatre in the Company); feature film and Gypsy (Stolen The Preppie ConnectionShakespeare, written Guild). by Pulitzer Prize recipient Ayad Akhtar. Graduate of The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and member of the Drama Desk Award- winning Godlight Theatre Company in NYC, where he is based. presentTANNER GARMON, day onPerceval a remote uncharted island. ANTHONY FORTINO,Tanner is so Jack* excited to make his WaterTower debut! Tanner was seen most recently in the Anthony is thrilledrole to beof Michaelback at WaterTower!in Mary Poppins He atwas Guyer last seen HighLord at School WaterTower in ofDenton, asthe Ted TX, Hintonwhere Flies he is currently in Bonnie & Clydea sophomore.. Favorite local He wascredits also include seen in Catch their productionsMe If You Canof Pippin (Uptown and Players);Les Misérables . He has South Pacific, Fiddlerbeen on privileged the Roof, to Titanic perform (Lyric all over Stage); DFW. The Credits Fantasticks include (Circle Peter Theatre);Pan, Here Miss Comes Santa Claus

Saigon (Casa Mañana).(Casa Mañana); Anthony Ladyis a proud in the graduate Dark (Lyric of Stage);TCU. Cheaper by the Dozen, The King & I (Denton ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE CommunityBY NIGEL Theater). WILLIAMS His favorite role was as Lumiére in Beauty and the Beast, Jr at Harpool KELSEY LEIGH ERVI,Middle Director School. is set in DIRECTEDKelsey is considered BY KELSEY one of Dallas’LEIGH top youngERVI directors. A graduate of Baylor University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Performance, Kelsey currently serves as Artistic & Marketing Associate for WaterTower Theatre. For WaterTower,MITCHELL she most recently STEPHENS, directed Roger/the world Fight premiere Captain* of The Spark, which she also wrote, in the 2015 Out of the Loop Fringe Festival (Best of Loop). She has also directed the studio theatre productions of The Santaland Diaries SET DESIGN Mitchell Stephens is a local actor in the DFW area. Recent credits include Hershel and the (2013 & 2014) and Honky. She has served as Assistant Director on numerous main stage productions including Bonnie BRADLEY GRAY Hanukkah Goblins (Amphibian Stage Productions); Bedroom Farce, Beyond Therapy (Stage & Clyde, Dogfight, Good People, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Grapes of Wrath, The Ugly One and August: West); COSTUME OsageDESIGN County. In 2014,Love’s she Labours directed Lost,PROPERTIES a new King education Lear, The program Tempest,DESIGN called A Comedy The Tom of SawyerErrors, JuliusProject Caesar, which providedThe local Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Macbeth, As You high school students an opportunity to perform in their own fully-realized production of The Adventures of Tom SYLVIA FUHRKENLike It (Trinity Shakespeare Festival).TISH Proud MUSSEY TCU grad. Sawyer at WaterTower. LIGHTING DESIGN STAGE MANAGER She has worked closely with otherCARON regional theaters GITELMAN in the area, GRANT* mostly recently Echo Theatre where she directed the DAN SCHOEDELcritically acclaimed production of Precious Little. Other credits include Love Me, Tinder (FIT Festival, world premiere), Ask Questions Later (Rite of PassageASSISTANT Theatre, world STAGE premiere), MANAGER Dani Girl (Greyman Theatre Company), Twelfth Night SOUND (ShakespeareDESIGN SETH Dallas). WOMACK, Kelsey was recently Maurice recognized in the Dallas Observer’s list of 100 Dallas Creatives. In 2011 she Seth is excited to beHILLARY returning to COLLAZOthe WaterTower ABBOTT stage after having previously been seen KELLENwas VOSS recognized by the DFW Column Awards for “Best of Theater” for Dani Girl , in 2013 for “Best of Theater” for Ask Questions Laterin Theand inSpark 2014 andfor “BestASSISTANTCreep of! Theater”Other regional forCOSTUME Honky productions. DESIGN include Les Misérables (DTC/Casa ASSISTANT DIRECTORMañana); As an actor, Kelsey(Lyric wasStage). mostFiddler recently on the seen Roof, in Shakespeare The Golden inApple, the Bar’s Lady production in the Dark of Richard, and Into III andthe Mr.Woods Burns, a post- MATT RANSDELL,electric play at JR. Stage West. Other favorites includeRYAN A Midsummer SCHAAP Night’s Dream (Shakespeare in the Bar), The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told (Uptown Players), DRAMATURG she’s not directing or performing onstage,KYLE Kelsey ERIC can be BRADFORDheard on the Little Big Scene Podcast, a bi-weekly podcast which serves to promote the past, present and future of the DFW theatre community. Lord of the Flies is presented with one 15 minute intermission. MATT RANSDELL, JR., Assistant Director

PresentedMatt by arrangement couldn’t beKYLE more with MONTGOMERY,excited Robert to beFox both Ltd the and Simon Assistant[sic] Faber (Echo Directorand Theatre) Faber for andWaterTower's Ltd production of Lord Of The Flies and the DirectorCredits for their include The LordRudolph of the the Flies Red-Nosed Project! Matt Reindeer has spent the Musicalthe last (Wishingstaryear as the Director Productions, of Education Nat’l Tour); Creep (WaterTower Theatre); Into the Woods, South Pacific, The Human Comedy for Kids Who Care Musical Theatre in Fort Worth. Today he is still a Kids WhoThe Winter’sCare Resident Tale (Shakespeare Artist, and one Dallas). of the When lead teachersSpecial for(Lyric their thanks Stage); educational to Catch Air programming,Salvage Me If You of Can, Dallas as wellThe asBoy an From assistant Oz, directorKiss of the for Spidertheir currently Woman touring (Uptown Resident Company. Matt Players);also balances a professional career as an actor both on stage and in TV/film with representation from the Mary CollinsHouse Agency, (Turtle alongThe CreekComedy with a Chorale); fruitful of Errors, career Urinetown The as aTempest touring (ICT Mainstage). Motivational (Trinity Shakespeare Kyle Speaker. has gratefully MostFestival); recently received Alexander’s Matt the was seen onstage inGENEROUSLY WaterTower’sLive Theatre Dogfight SPONSORED, League, and Service in Artes IN Award PART,de la Rosa’sfor BY: his Inwork The asHeights the Administrative. Assistant at Circle Theatre and was also named a Bill Garber Young Artist recipient. Kyle graduated from Texas Christian University with a BFA in Theatre with an emphasis in Musical Theatre. www.watertowertheatre.org

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Arts education is an essential part of WaterTower Theatre’s mission. Among other education and community Please consider making SUPPORT programs, WaterTower offers an after school WaterTower Theatre is committed to expos- Providing opportunities for students drama program, a summer performing arts ing young people to the arts and, in doing so, a year-end charitable DOGFIGHT 2014 conservatory, the Atmos Energy Student enriching their lives. This lifelong commit- contribution to WaterTower BONNIE & CLYDE 2014 to learn important life skills through LIVE Matinees, and adult acting classes. ment includes programming that makes live Theatre in Addison to theatre is a goal that’s key to our Young people who are exposed to the arts professional theatre accessible to everyone ensure that we can Consider Making a Tax have the enhanced potential of becoming in our community. We offer discounted tickets continue to provide organization’s aim to be an integral to students, seniors, veterans, first respond- THEATRE more creative, imaginative, empathetic, valuable arts education part of our community. ers, and active members of the military, as Deductible Contribution Keep Theatre Vibrant expressive, confident, self-reliant, and criti- cally thinking people. In these challenging well as a pay-what-you-can performance for programs for our Thanks to the help of supporters like you, WaterTower With Your Year-End Tax economic times, the arts are an even more each main stage production. community and youth. Theatre has become one of the nation’s leading regional Deductible Contribution powerful, life-affirming tool for students. These programs are made possible because theatres. Your love of live theatre is demonstrated by the fact to WaterTower Theatre you support us with your tax-deductible contribution. that you regularly attend performances here, and it also un- derscores how much value you place on ensuring that your community is a culturally vibrant place to live and work. In July of 2014, WaterTower Theatre produced DOGFIGHT. Its themes of heroism and struggle, set alongside a beauti- ful story of friendship and love, resonated with critics and audiences alike. A new musical like DOGFIGHT is essential not only in keeping audiences engaged, but to keeping the art of theatre alive.

WaterTower is committed to providing a range of produc- ALICE IN WONDERLAND 2013 tions each season. The 2014-2015 season aptly illustrates that commitment as we present an American classic like ALL MY SONS, a new work by a local playwright, MANICURES & MONUMENTS, the classic musical SWEET CHARITY, and the Ticket revenue only covers 40% of Water Tower Theatre’s operating expenses. The - widely acclaimed Out of the Loop Fringe Festival. As part of remaining 60% must be raised through con- our Discover Series, we produce new, more contemporary tributions, the majority of which comes from works, thus giving voice to emerging young artists. individuals like you. It’s because of our close circle of friends that WaterTower Theatre By bringing together the industry’s finest artists with great WaterTower Theatre is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit ALICE IN WONDERLAND 2013 Fill out the enclosed is able to produce world-class theatre and theatrical works, WaterTower Theatre has become an artistic organization, so your gifts are tax-deductible. contribution form, education programs that inspire and enrich home for actors, playwrights, designers, and directors. We’ve WaterTower Theatre acknowledges all donations with or call 972-450-6227 or visit our community. played a major role in the arts community of North Texas – a receipt for your tax records. In appreciation of your We invite you to become a part of this family gift, WaterTower Theatre also offers various www.watertowertheatre.org of supporters with your year-end gift today. and across the nation – for almost 20 years. Your year-end opportunities to access VIP events and other exclusive tax-deductible gift is essential to maintaining the vitality of privileges that will enhance your theatre experience. DOGFIGHT 2014 American theatre in our community. WTTGive_Trifold.indd 1

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“...one of the highlights of the year in the Metroplex’s theater scene.” Addison Magazine One of the most highly acclaimed fringe festivals in the country, the 11-day festival of theatre, dance, and music is focused on celebrating new works, new artists and emerging voices in the arts! It’s dynamic, clever, original and always on the “fringe.” This will be one of the most exciting festivals yet as the Out of the Loop Fringe Festival celebrates its 15th anniversary of supporting creativity!

Sponsored, in part, by The Town of Addison and the Texas Commission on the Arts, with additional support from TheaterJones.com and the Dallas Observer. John S. Davies Diana Sheehan Oh Jesus or an Actor, A Diana Sheehan Sings: Cynic and A Savior Walk Ebony Stewart Kris Noteboom Visit www.watertowertheatre.org/outofloop.aspx for tickets! Or call the WaterTower Theatre Box Office at 972-450-6232 The Jerome Kern Songbook into A Bar Hunger And Then I Woke Up

Avant Chamber Ballet Avant Chamber Ballet Diana Sheehan Goat Song Collective Junior Players Shakespeare Dallas Innovation Through Tradition INNOVATION THROUGH TRADITION DIANA SHEEHAN SINGS: WITH MY EYES SHUT THE TRANSFORMATION PROJECT THE KING’S FACE Innovation Through Tradition is an evening of live music and THE JEROME KERN SONGBOOK Two people – who’ve been found to be on the autism spectrum The Transformation Projectwww.watertowertheatre.org/outofloop.aspx provides a glimpse of what The King’s Face is loosely based on the true story of a wounded innovative dance. The program features repertoire by Katie – find themselves stuck in clown school to learn social skills. challenges exist within our teen communities and family warrior. It is 1403, a time of war and terrorism. At the battle of Two-time “Best of Loop” Winner Diana Sheehan returns to Cooper, including a new one-act version of the classic ballet Naomi, a dance prodigy in her twenties, feels in colors and ecosystems. The Transformation Project pairs these light- Shrewsbury, King Henry IV finally secures his crown, only late in the Festival this year with a world premiere cabaret show Raymonda as well as Caracole and Memories of Change. refuses to wear a clown nose. Cole, a percussion virtuoso, can hearted and life altering struggles to music, stage combat, and the battle to have his son and heir to the throne, Prince Harry celebrating the legendary American composer Jerome Kern. The performance will be accompanied by a live music which recite a complete history of the xylophone, but won’t meet choreography for a thought provoking production performed of Monmouth, struck down by an arrow to the face. The impact Considered by many to be the father of the American Musical, includes music by composers Glazunov, Prokofiev and Bach. your eyes. Measured against scales of social competence, entirely by a cast of teen dancers. The issues are real, the teens of the arrow is no glancing blow. The wound festers and the Kern collaborated with the greatest lyricists of his day leaving us they’ll push the boundaries of compliance to find connection are real, and the experience is life changing. life of the future monarch is in jeopardy. The story reflects the MAIN STAGE: 2/26 - 8 pm; 2/28 - 2 pm a treasure trove of some of the most gorgeous melodies ever in an isolating world and shatter the complacency of the universal ordeal of all wounded warriors. written. Songs include: “All the Things You Are,” “Smoke Gets MAIN STAGE: 3/4 - 8 pm; 3/6 - 5.00 pm nameless faces and disembodied voices running the show. Cattle Prod in Your Eyes,” “A Fine Romance,” “The Way You Look Tonight” STUDIO THEATRE: 2/27 - 5 pm; 3/3 - 7:30 pm; 3/6 - 5 pm Goat Song Collective is a new theatre company of early-career and many others. Musical direction is by James McQuillen. Kris Noteboom OH JESUS or AN ACTOR, A CYNIC AND and multidisciplinary theatre artists based in the Dallas area. Vox Productions STUDIO THEATRE: 2/26 - 8 pm; 2/27 - 2 pm; 3/5 - 5 pm A SAVIOR WALK INTO A BAR STUDIO THEATRE: 2/28 - 5 pm; 3/1 – 7:30 pm; 3/5 - 8 pm AND THEN I WOKE UP Vampires! Demons! Sex! Billy Idol! And seriously, what is up with JANE AND MABEL A one-man show written and performed by John S. Davies and Ebony Stewart Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy the husband in Paranormal Activity? He sucks and gets what’s Jane and Mabel, written by Pamela Cuming, is a play about directed by Gene Ray Price, Oh Jesus or An Actor, A Cynic coming to him. Kris has an issue with dreams. Well, nightmares. two homeless women and the funny, deep and interdependent and A Savior Walk into a Bar is a dark comedy that explores HUNGER PROSPECT HIGH: BROOKLYN Well, really, if we’re getting technical, it’s somewhere in the nature of their friendship. It uses humor and a mystery to the battle between our angels and our demons. Jesus (or, at Ebony Stewart is a performance artist and spoken word poet. Conceived by Daniel Robert Sullivan (Tommy DeVito in Jersey middle. Oh, and all the existential dread. So, in a series of examine the life of two women who have nothing but each least a guy who thinks he’s Jesus...) has come back to try to She has been active in Texas slam poetry and the theatre arts Boys, Author of Places Please!) and co-written by a team of anecdotes, Kris takes on these dreams - both his and America’s other. Without homes, family, healthcare or employment, Jane make things right with his Dad (i.e. God). Dad is disappointed community for over 10 years. Ebony is the only adult female New York City teenagers, the play focuses on four intelligent, - because he’s also super patriotic. It’s really quite selfless; and Mabel examines the cost of living in a world that isolates because Man (i.e. us) keeps screwing up. But this time, the three-time Slam Champion in Austin, Texas. She is a published highly charged students and one seriously apathetic teacher. especially considering how personally embarrassing it tends to them and makes them invisible, resulting in an almost mandatory resurrection will be live streamed via GoPros so everyone can author and her work has been featured in the Texas Observer, Prospect High: Brooklyn was created with the intent of offering get for him. The dude just wants a good night’s sleep for the redirection of each woman’s moral compass to ensure their see and, finally, believe. The problem is Jesus needs to attract For Harriet and The Agenda: working for LGBT economic a new collection of serious, true-to-life material for teenage love of Cthulhu! survival. Directed by Angela Wilson and starring Nancy Sherrard followers to handle the arrangements. The problem also is equality. In 2015, Ebony debuted her first one woman show, actors. The play addresses themes of apathy, revenge, deep and Allyn Carrell, Vox Productions is a new company dedicated what if he’s not Jesus? Plus, God keeps trying to control him Hunger, at The VORTEX Theatre. The show was nominated STONE COTTAGE: 2/28 - 5 pm; 3/5 - 8 pm; 3/6 - 5 pm friendship, trans acceptance, casual racism, self-harm, and the to work that gives voice to women “of a certain age.” and some cynic keeps interrupting him. for a B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Original Script and power of both good and bad advice from teachers, all against Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama. Hunger is an emotionally Lone Star Circus STONE COTTAGE: 2/27 - 2 pm; 3/3 - 7:30 pm; 3/5 - 5 pm STONE COTTAGE: 2/26 - 8 pm; 3/2 – 7:30 pm; 3/5 - 2 pm the backdrop of an enormous Brooklyn high school. Prospect challenging performance piece – disturbing, moving, yet filled High: Brooklyn was developed in partnership with Roundabout LE PETIT LONE STAR CIRCUS Dallas Neo-Classical Ballet with wit, laughter and joy. WaterTower Theatre Theatre and the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships. Whether you dream of contorting, climbing, flying, flipping, STUDIO THEATRE: 2/27 - 8 pm; 2/28 - 2 pm LE TRAIN BLEU Prospect High: Brooklyn received a workshop presentation at balancing, bending, and rolling on the circus stage or you 24-HOUR PLAY FESTIVAL Roundabout Theatre Company in April 2014. want front row seats to the amazing feats of physical prowess, Playwrights, directors and actors will come together to create Le Train Bleu originally premiered on June 20, 1924 at the Front Line Cabaret MAIN STAGE: 2/27 - 8 pm; 2/28 - 5 pm acrobatic agility, and captivating contortion, Lone Star Circus 4 brand new plays in just 24 hours. Four playwrights will be Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. It was choreographed by has your ticket. Under the creative direction of 8th generation chosen via submission, after which they will be assigned a Bronislava Nijinska for Serge Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe de DOWN THAT ROAD It Ain’t Shakespeare circus artist Fanny Kerwich, Lone Star Circus puts a unique director and a group of actors who will then inspire them to Monte Carlo. The libretto was by Jean Cocteau, music by Whether it’s the 4th runner up to Miss America, the pop singer Texas twist on traditional European circus arts. write a 15-minute play. The 24-HR Festival will culminate in a Darius Milhaud, set designs were by Henri Laurens, curtain with limited vocal skills, or the Walmart shopper who finds more PUN: A PLAY ON WORDS, one-time only performance at 8pm on Saturday, March 5 in the by Pablo Picasso, and costumes were designed by Coco than she was looking for in the frozen food section, Down That MAIN STAGE: 3/2 - 7:30 pm; 3/6 - 2 pm Main Stage where each of the new plays will be performed for Chanel. The title was taken from the night train called Le Train Road features songs about everyday people with big opinions, A STAGED READING the public! The 24-HR Play Festival serves to provide a creative Bleu that transported wealthy passengers from Calais to the living life south of the Mason Dixon Line. Dallas-area favorite Pun: A Play on Words is an energetic, meta-theatrical comedy One Word Revolution opportunity for local artists to work collaboratively. Mediterranean Sea; the ballet itself was set at the fashionable Catherine Johnson and music director James McQuillen following the desperate final rehearsal of a new play’s staged resort of Deauville. The ballet has a sporting theme, with celebrate the brilliant lyrics and music of Dallas native Suzanne reading in the minutes before its only public performance. ONE WORD REVOLUTION: MAIN STAGE: 3/5 - 8 pm swimmers, tennis players, and weight lifters and is a study on Buhrer, who wrote for such luminaries as Kaye Ballard, Milton As the clock ticks down, the Director’s sanity shatters in a A NEW MUSICAL WaterTower Theatre the wealthy youth of the time. Laurens supplied a Cubist beach Berle and Joan Rivers. maelstrom of hilarious despair and the actors find themselves A STAGED READING scene, and Chanel outfitted the cast in sportswear. DNCB STONE COTTAGE: 2/27 - 8 pm; 3/4 - 8 pm; 3/6 - 2 pm caught in an epic battle of wills between two unstoppable ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU restaged this delightful ballet for the Dallas Museum of Art last theatrical forces. With book, music and lyrics by Kelly Marie Schaaf and directed June while collaborating with Zachary Broadhurst and Danny Glass Half Full Theatre STUDIO THEATRE: 3/4 - 8 pm; 3/6 - 2 pm by Marianne Galloway, this new musical will be brought to EVER BEEN – A STAGED READING Lone Star Circus Skinner on set design and Nita Marie on costume design. life in a one-night only staged reading. The story centers on In the mid-1950s, the House Un-American Activities Le Petit Lone Star Circus MAIN STAGE: 2/25 - 7:30 pm; 2/27 - 2 pm MISSIONARY POSITION: Jeff Lankov a fugitive who is on the run and ignites an uprising in those Committee began investigating the communist influence in the PLEASURE JOURNEYS FOR THE THE THEATRICAL PIANO: SONGS, who have been held in a government-established internment entertainment industry. This searing docudrama from actual TUESDAY, MARCHOne 1 Word Revolution Reading (One Word)Dance Linkages camp for two decades. One of the captives, Evelyn, risks her transcripts of the hearings reveals how decent people were INTREPID LADY EXPLORER SIRENS, AND SOCIAL ISSUES life to send a note to the other side that reads ‘hello’. Evelyn’s persuaded to name names, and the steep price paid by those SOLA: WOMEN DANCING WOMEN Amelia Weatherbeaten (Caroline Reck) and Eleanor note is found by a young reluctant soldier, Riley. Motivated by who refused. Written by Obie Award winning playwright Eric This new interdisciplinary concert-theatre piece by pianist Jeff 7:30 pm (MS) FREE Dance Linkages is a project created by Andee Scott designed Dangerbottom (Cami Alys) are Victorian-era Lady Explorers Evelyn’s letter, Riley chooses his allegiance when the fugitive, Bentley and directed by WaterTower Theatre’s Terry Martin. With My Eyes Shut (Goat Song Collective) Lankov highlights some of the imperative and provocative social to build a contemporary network of artists connecting across and Spokeswomen for Hartmann’s Hygienic Towelettes for Moyra, arrives in their city to fan the flames of revolution. A Out of the Loop Fringe Festival 2016 Performance Schedule challenges facing our society today, including homelessness, MAIN STAGE: 2/29 - 7:30 pm disciplines to develop new work. SOLA: WOMEN DANCING Ladies, the first commercially available menstrual products staged reading. 7:30 pm (ST) $10 body image, AIDS, gun rights, and patriotism. Weaving WOMEN is an evening of solo dances created by and for for women. They travel around the world at the turn of the together a musical narrative of cutting-edge compositions MAIN STAGE: 3/1 - 7:30 pm; Angie Bolling women, featuring performances and choreography by 19th century, hocking their products and lecturing hilariously by today’s most innovative composers, The Theatrical Piano Amy Chavasse, Tzveta Kassabova, Bliss Kohlmyer, Pamela on topics of interest to the Society of Learned Ladies, Where THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25 combines live music with theatre, dance, spoken word, and Rite of Passage Theatre Company VISUAL ARTIST Art Show Preview (Angie Bolling) WEDNESDAY, MARCHLe Petit 2 Lone Star Circus (LonePietro, Star Andee Circus) Scott, and Mary Williford-Shade (performing Ladies Share Knowledge with Ladies. (That’s you.) They have computer-generated sounds. Featured guest performers Inspired by the colors & textures of Mexico, Mardi Gras, and choreography by Ursula Payne). arrived with their collection of travel curios to set you straight I LOVE YOU HONEY BUNNY include actor/director Anne Healy, dancer/choreographer folk-art from many cultures, Angie creates original mixed-media 6:30 pm (L) FREE SOLA: Women Dancing Women (Dance 7:30 pm (MS) $10 on what you thought you didn’t think you needed to know. Part I Love You Honey Bunny (RiteMAIN of Passage)STAGE: 2/25 - 7:30 pm; 2/27 - 2 pm Amanda Jackson and Big Rig Dance Collective, singer/actor If you can afford couples therapy, that doesn’t automatically pieces. Strongly influenced by her Deep South roots and love P.T. Barnum sideshow, part Victorian Geographical Salon, these 7:30 pm (MS) $10 Linkages)/Le Train Bleu (DNCB) Niel Mowles, and actor Sara Shelby-Martin. assume you can have a “date night” once a week, or go on a of family and friends, her drive to create and share continues 7:30 pm (ST) $10 Oh Jesus… (Cattle Prod) ladies will offer a seat at their table but you won’t stay in it for long weekend each quarter or take a week away once a year. to open endless channels of expression in the various studio long. Anticipate a raucous, interactive, inventive performance MAIN STAGE: 2/27 - 5 pm; 3/3 - 7:30 pm But, if your marriage is important enough to you, then you’ve Shakespeare Dallas arts, needlework, decorating & design, art directing, writing, I Love You Honey Bunny (Rite of Passage) that kicks the stuffing out of stuffy, um, “period” theatre. got to make sacrifices....or get creative. 7:30 pm (SC) $10The King’s Face and teaching. STONE COTTAGE: 2/25 - 7:30 pm; 2/27 - 5 pm; 2/28 - 2 pm 7:30 pm (ST) $10 Missionary Position (Glass Half Full Theatre) STUDIO THEATRE: 2/25 - 7.30 pm; 3/2 - 7.30 pm; 3/5 - 2 pm LOBBY: 2/25 - 3/6 THURSDAY, MARCH 3 7:30 pm (SC) $10 The Theatrical Piano (Jeff Lankov) 7:30 pm (MS) $10 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26 The King’s Face (Shakespeare Dallas) Innovation Through Tradition 7:30 pm (ST) $10 Jane and Mabel (Vox Productions) (Avant Chamber Ballet) 8:00 pm (MS) $10 7:30 pm (SC) $10 Diana Sheehan Sings (Diana Sheehan) 8:00 pm (ST) $10 Oh Jesus… (Cattle Prod) FRIDAY, MARCH The4 Transformation Project (Junior Players) 8:00 pm (SC) $10 8:00 pm (MS) $10 Pun: A Play on Words (It Ain’t Shakespeare) 8:00 pm (ST) $10 Down That Road (Front Line Cabaret) SATURDAY, FEBRUARYSOLA: Women 27 Dancing Women (Dance

8:00 pm (SC) $10 2:00 pm (MS) $10 Linkages)/Le Train Bleu (DNCB) Palyers Junior The Diana Sheehan Sings (Diana Sheehan) SATURDAY, MARCHI Love 5 You Honey Bunny (Rite of Passage) 2:00 pm (ST) $10 Jane and Mabel (Vox Productions) 2:00 pm (ST) $10 Oh Jesus… (Cattle Prod) 2:00 pm (SC) $10 The Theatrical Piano (Jeff Lankov) 2:00 pm (SC) $10 Diana Sheehan Sings (Diana Sheehan) 5:00 pm (MS) $10 The King’s Face (Shakespeare Dallas) 5:00 pm (ST) $10 Jane and Mabel (Vox Productions) 5:00 pm (ST) $10 Missionary Position (Glass Half Full Theatre) 5:00 pm (SC) $10 Ian Mead Moore, Guitarist 5:00 pm (SC) $10 Ian Ferguson, Guitarist 7:00 pm (L) FREE 24-Hour Play Festival 7:00 pm (L) FREE Prospect High: Brooklyn 8:00 pm (MS) $10 With My Eyes Shut (Goat Song Collective) 8:00 pm (MS) $10 (Grand Prairie Fine Arts Theatre) 8:00 pm (ST) $10 And Then I Woke Up (Kris Noteboom) Hunger (Ebony Stewart) 8:00 pm (SC) $10 8:00 pm (ST) $10 Down That Road (Front Line Cabaret) 8:00 pm (SC) $10 SUNDAY, MARCH 6 DIGITAL BRANDING Le Petit Lone Star Circus (Lone Star Circus) EVENT MARKETING 2:00 pm (MS) $10 Pun: A Play on Words (It Ain’t Shakespeare)

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2:00 pm (ST) $10 Down That Road (Front Line Cabaret)

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Hunger (Ebony Stewart) Dallas.” in 4:00 pm (L) FREE The Transformation Project (Junior Players)

2:00 pm (ST) $10 Missionary Position (Glass Half Full theatre)

5:00 pm (MS) $10 The King’s Face (Shakespeare Dallas)

2:00 pm (SC) $10 Ian Mead Moore, Guitarist festival fringe best “The 5:00 pm (ST) $10 And Then I Woke Up (Kris Noteboom) 4:00 pm (L) FREE Prospect High: Brooklyn 5:00 pm (SC) $10 5:00 pm (MS) $10 (Grand Prairie Fine Arts Theatre)

With My Eyes Shut (Goat Song Collective)

5:00 pm (ST) $10 And Then I Woke Up (Kris Noteboom) 2016 6, 25-March February

5:00 pm (SC) $10 15

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